兰州水车园Lanzhou Waterwheels Garden 水车历史悠久，外形奇特，起源于明朝，是兰州市古代黄河沿岸最古老的提灌工具。兰州水车，又叫“天车”、“翻车”、“灌车”、“老虎车”。百里黄河风情线上最具兰州地方特色的景点之一，建成于1994年, 由兰州市旅游局建造，白银市特级木工高启荣制作，水车轮辐直径高达16．5米。 As the oldest water-lifting device for irrigation along the Yellow River, the waterwheels enjoy a long history which can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty and its shape is very unique. Lanzhou waterwheel also has several other names, such as Heavenly Wheel,
Dumping Wheel, Irrigating Wheel and Tiger Wheel. Lanzhou Waterwheels Garden, built in 1994, is one of the most distictive scenic spots of Lanzhou along the Yellow River. Under the
management of Lanzhou Tourism Administration, it was made by the help of a very professonal carpentry named Gao Qirong from Baiyin city and it has a diameter of 16.5 meters.
园内由双轮水车、围堰、水磨坊服务室和游乐区组成，立于黄河南岸，旺水季利用自然水流助推转动；枯水季则以围堰分流聚水，通过堰间小渠，河水自流助推。当水流自然冲动车轮叶板时，推动水车转动，水斗便舀满河水，等转至顶空后再倾入木槽，源源不断，流入园地，以利灌溉。水车园再现了水车这种古老的水利机械，可以使中外游人一睹为快。 As the oldest water-lifting device for irrigation along the Yellow River, the waterwheels enjoy a long history which can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty and its shape is very unique.
Lanzhou waterwheel also has several other names, such as Heavenly Wheel, Dumping Wheel, Irrigating Wheel and Tiger Wheel. Lanzhou Waterwheels Garden, built in 1994, is one of the most distictive scenic spots of Lanzhou along the Yellow River. Under the management of Lanzhou Tourism Administration, it was made by the help of a very professonal carpentry named Gao Qirong from Baiyin city and it has a diameter of 16.5 meters.
In 1523, a Lanzhou native Duan Xu saw many waterwheels used for drawing water up into the fields when he worked as an official in Yunnan Province. Sensing that the timber-keel structure was applicable in his hometown, he made a drawing of it and brought it back to Lanzhou.
Returning home, he began to created his waterwheel by using the water in the Yellow River for irrigation, and eventually succeeded in 1556.
The Waterwheels Park, as the theme park of waterwheels, has the largest variety and number in the world. Thanks to the skillful and unique craftsmanship the waterwheels are thus built, forceful and masculine. They fully deserve the title of the best representative of Chinese waterwheels The Waterwheels Park was built in 2005, to reproduce the picturesque scenes of many
waterwheels along the Yellow River shores 50 years ago. Located at East Binhe Road on the south shore of Yellow River, the waterwheel theme park is composed of three parts, the Waterwheels Park, the Waterwheel Square and the Cultural Square.
As the oldest water-lifting device for irrigation along the Yellow River, the waterwheels can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty, now having 400 years of history. Lanzhou waterwheel also has several other names, such as Heavenly Wheel, Dumping Wheel, Irrigating Wheel and Tiger
Wheel. In 1523, a Lanzhou native Duan Xu saw many waterwheels used for drawing water up into the fields when he worked as an official in Yunnan Province. Sensing that the timber-keel
structure was applicable in his hometown, he made a drawing of it and brought it back to Lanzhou. irrigation, and eventually succeeded in 1556.
The Waterwheels Park, as the theme park of waterwheels, has the largest variety and number in the world. Thanks to the skillful and unique craftsmanship the waterwheels are thus built, forceful and masculine. They fully deserve the title of the best representative of Chinese
waterwheels
平行文本参考
http://english.gsta.gov.cn/englishlz/10735.jhtml（甘肃旅游网英文版对水车园的介绍）
http://www.foreignercn.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=8385:waterwheel-garden-in-lanzhou&catid=122:travel-in-gansu&Itemid=277 (外国人在中国)
Waterwheel Garden in Lanzhou
Travel in Gansu
The Waterwheel Garden (shuǐ chē yuán 水车园) built in 1994, is located in the Binhe Middle Road (bīn hé zhōng lù 滨河中路) in Lanzhou (lán zhōu 兰州) ,
Gansu Province (gān sù shěng
甘肃省) . The garden covers an area of 1.45 hectares (3.58 acres) and is
comprised of two waterwheels, a cofferdam, the recreation area and a house of water mill. It is certainly an exciting experience for the visitors to tour around the Waterwheel Garden, a restoration of the ancient irrigation system. It occupies an area of 14,500 square meters, consisting of a huge
double-wheeled waterwheel, a cofferdam, a water mill and amenities.
History
Giant ancient waterwheels, made
in the Ming Dynasty, were used for
irrigation of the farming fields
along the Yellow River in ancient
Lanzhou City. The Lanzhou
waterwheel was quite a famous
invention of ancient China, and it was named "Heaven Wheel", "Fan Wheel", "Irrigative Wheel" and "Tiger Wheel" at different times of the history. Hence the Waterwheel Garden was built to honor the invention of this ancient
irrigation instrument.
Lanzhou is the only city through
which the Yellow River flows;
there are thus many irrigation
machines in the city. The
waterwheel invented by Duan
Xu in the Ming Dynasty
(1368-1644) is the oldest one.
Duan Xu learnt from the irrigation machines in Yunnan Province and invented a
distinctive style with the appearance of chariot wheels and a diameter ranging
from 10 to 20 meters (32.8 to 65.6 feet). The center of the wheel was placed with an axle and boards, while the brim of the wheel was fixed with many quadrate buckets. These buckets could carry water to a height of 15 to 18 meters (49 to 59 feet) in order to irrigate fields. Until 1952, about 252
waterwheels stood along the river in Lanzhou, and at that time, the city was reputed to be the 'City of Waterwheels'.
Introduction of Waterwheel
A typical waterwheel has a diameter of
16.5 meters. During the flooding season, it
would sit on the southern bank of the
Yellow River trundled by the flowing river.
Other times of the year, water stored in
the cofferdam in canals would be used to push the waterwheel. The theory of waterwheel is incredibly simple but smart: a number of water baskets are attached around the outer bound of the waterwheel; the water comes in from one side of the waterwheel; once filled with water, gravity together with the added weight of the baskets will turn the wheel and keep it rolling; the basket will empty itself and fill the wooden trough once it has passed the top of the waterwheel; the empty baskets will take more water while the trough will deliver the water for irrigation; and the process continues.
Location: No. 524, Binhe East
Road in Lanzhou, Gansu Province.
Tel: 0931-8587111
Transportation: Taking No.140,
No.26 and No.15 buses can get
there
Opening Hours:
8:00am-18:00pm (8:00am-20:00pm in summer)
Admission Fee: CNY10 (peak tourist season)
兰州城隍庙
兰州城隍庙创建于北宋，系祭祀汉大将军纪信为城隍而建。刘邦念其忠烈，便将纪信封为忠烈公。兰州城隍坐北朝南，占地12亩，建筑面积12870平方米。
1956年5月1日由兰州市人民政府批准，在府城隍庙成立兰州市第一工人俱乐部，随着社会经济的发展现已形成集古玩、字画、文房四宝、玉器、瓷器、铜器、刻葫芦、雕砚台、绣品、文化礼品、黄河奇石、古旧书籍、钱币、邮票等具有地方特色兰州最大的文化古玩市场，有近300商户常年在此经营。
每年春节传统文化庙会为兰州市民提供了一道丰富的文化大餐，听秦腔、看展览、猜谜语、耍狮子，各种民间手工艺、地方小吃云集此地。成为市民休闲、娱乐的固定场所。隍庙常年举办各类书画交流书画展览活动、集邮摄影、奇石文化展等各类大型艺术品展览展销。在国内外具有较大的影响，府城隍庙也成为兰州市中心一日游的最佳观光景点之一，游兰州必游隍庙，文化购物，收藏必去城隍庙。
兰州水车园Lanzhou Waterwheels Garden 水车历史悠久，外形奇特，起源于明朝，是兰州市古代黄河沿岸最古老的提灌工具。兰州水车，又叫“天车”、“翻车”、“灌车”、“老虎车”。百里黄河风情线上最具兰州地方特色的景点之一，建成于1994年, 由兰州市旅游局建造，白银市特级木工高启荣制作，水车轮辐直径高达16．5米。 As the oldest water-lifting device for irrigation along the Yellow River, the waterwheels enjoy a long history which can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty and its shape is very unique. Lanzhou waterwheel also has several other names, such as Heavenly Wheel,
Dumping Wheel, Irrigating Wheel and Tiger Wheel. Lanzhou Waterwheels Garden, built in 1994, is one of the most distictive scenic spots of Lanzhou along the Yellow River. Under the
management of Lanzhou Tourism Administration, it was made by the help of a very professonal carpentry named Gao Qirong from Baiyin city and it has a diameter of 16.5 meters.
园内由双轮水车、围堰、水磨坊服务室和游乐区组成，立于黄河南岸，旺水季利用自然水流助推转动；枯水季则以围堰分流聚水，通过堰间小渠，河水自流助推。当水流自然冲动车轮叶板时，推动水车转动，水斗便舀满河水，等转至顶空后再倾入木槽，源源不断，流入园地，以利灌溉。水车园再现了水车这种古老的水利机械，可以使中外游人一睹为快。 As the oldest water-lifting device for irrigation along the Yellow River, the waterwheels enjoy a long history which can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty and its shape is very unique.
Lanzhou waterwheel also has several other names, such as Heavenly Wheel, Dumping Wheel, Irrigating Wheel and Tiger Wheel. Lanzhou Waterwheels Garden, built in 1994, is one of the most distictive scenic spots of Lanzhou along the Yellow River. Under the management of Lanzhou Tourism Administration, it was made by the help of a very professonal carpentry named Gao Qirong from Baiyin city and it has a diameter of 16.5 meters.
In 1523, a Lanzhou native Duan Xu saw many waterwheels used for drawing water up into the fields when he worked as an official in Yunnan Province. Sensing that the timber-keel structure was applicable in his hometown, he made a drawing of it and brought it back to Lanzhou.
Returning home, he began to created his waterwheel by using the water in the Yellow River for irrigation, and eventually succeeded in 1556.
The Waterwheels Park, as the theme park of waterwheels, has the largest variety and number in the world. Thanks to the skillful and unique craftsmanship the waterwheels are thus built, forceful and masculine. They fully deserve the title of the best representative of Chinese waterwheels The Waterwheels Park was built in 2005, to reproduce the picturesque scenes of many
waterwheels along the Yellow River shores 50 years ago. Located at East Binhe Road on the south shore of Yellow River, the waterwheel theme park is composed of three parts, the Waterwheels Park, the Waterwheel Square and the Cultural Square.
As the oldest water-lifting device for irrigation along the Yellow River, the waterwheels can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty, now having 400 years of history. Lanzhou waterwheel also has several other names, such as Heavenly Wheel, Dumping Wheel, Irrigating Wheel and Tiger
Wheel. In 1523, a Lanzhou native Duan Xu saw many waterwheels used for drawing water up into the fields when he worked as an official in Yunnan Province. Sensing that the timber-keel
structure was applicable in his hometown, he made a drawing of it and brought it back to Lanzhou. irrigation, and eventually succeeded in 1556.
The Waterwheels Park, as the theme park of waterwheels, has the largest variety and number in the world. Thanks to the skillful and unique craftsmanship the waterwheels are thus built, forceful and masculine. They fully deserve the title of the best representative of Chinese
waterwheels
平行文本参考
http://english.gsta.gov.cn/englishlz/10735.jhtml（甘肃旅游网英文版对水车园的介绍）
http://www.foreignercn.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=8385:waterwheel-garden-in-lanzhou&catid=122:travel-in-gansu&Itemid=277 (外国人在中国)
Waterwheel Garden in Lanzhou
Travel in Gansu
The Waterwheel Garden (shuǐ chē yuán 水车园) built in 1994, is located in the Binhe Middle Road (bīn hé zhōng lù 滨河中路) in Lanzhou (lán zhōu 兰州) ,
Gansu Province (gān sù shěng
甘肃省) . The garden covers an area of 1.45 hectares (3.58 acres) and is
comprised of two waterwheels, a cofferdam, the recreation area and a house of water mill. It is certainly an exciting experience for the visitors to tour around the Waterwheel Garden, a restoration of the ancient irrigation system. It occupies an area of 14,500 square meters, consisting of a huge
double-wheeled waterwheel, a cofferdam, a water mill and amenities.
History
Giant ancient waterwheels, made
in the Ming Dynasty, were used for
irrigation of the farming fields
along the Yellow River in ancient
Lanzhou City. The Lanzhou
waterwheel was quite a famous
invention of ancient China, and it was named "Heaven Wheel", "Fan Wheel", "Irrigative Wheel" and "Tiger Wheel" at different times of the history. Hence the Waterwheel Garden was built to honor the invention of this ancient
irrigation instrument.
Lanzhou is the only city through
which the Yellow River flows;
there are thus many irrigation
machines in the city. The
waterwheel invented by Duan
Xu in the Ming Dynasty
(1368-1644) is the oldest one.
Duan Xu learnt from the irrigation machines in Yunnan Province and invented a
distinctive style with the appearance of chariot wheels and a diameter ranging
from 10 to 20 meters (32.8 to 65.6 feet). The center of the wheel was placed with an axle and boards, while the brim of the wheel was fixed with many quadrate buckets. These buckets could carry water to a height of 15 to 18 meters (49 to 59 feet) in order to irrigate fields. Until 1952, about 252
waterwheels stood along the river in Lanzhou, and at that time, the city was reputed to be the 'City of Waterwheels'.
Introduction of Waterwheel
A typical waterwheel has a diameter of
16.5 meters. During the flooding season, it
would sit on the southern bank of the
Yellow River trundled by the flowing river.
Other times of the year, water stored in
the cofferdam in canals would be used to push the waterwheel. The theory of waterwheel is incredibly simple but smart: a number of water baskets are attached around the outer bound of the waterwheel; the water comes in from one side of the waterwheel; once filled with water, gravity together with the added weight of the baskets will turn the wheel and keep it rolling; the basket will empty itself and fill the wooden trough once it has passed the top of the waterwheel; the empty baskets will take more water while the trough will deliver the water for irrigation; and the process continues.
Location: No. 524, Binhe East
Road in Lanzhou, Gansu Province.
Tel: 0931-8587111
Transportation: Taking No.140,
No.26 and No.15 buses can get
there
Opening Hours:
8:00am-18:00pm (8:00am-20:00pm in summer)
Admission Fee: CNY10 (peak tourist season)
兰州城隍庙
兰州城隍庙创建于北宋，系祭祀汉大将军纪信为城隍而建。刘邦念其忠烈，便将纪信封为忠烈公。兰州城隍坐北朝南，占地12亩，建筑面积12870平方米。
1956年5月1日由兰州市人民政府批准，在府城隍庙成立兰州市第一工人俱乐部，随着社会经济的发展现已形成集古玩、字画、文房四宝、玉器、瓷器、铜器、刻葫芦、雕砚台、绣品、文化礼品、黄河奇石、古旧书籍、钱币、邮票等具有地方特色兰州最大的文化古玩市场，有近300商户常年在此经营。
每年春节传统文化庙会为兰州市民提供了一道丰富的文化大餐，听秦腔、看展览、猜谜语、耍狮子，各种民间手工艺、地方小吃云集此地。成为市民休闲、娱乐的固定场所。隍庙常年举办各类书画交流书画展览活动、集邮摄影、奇石文化展等各类大型艺术品展览展销。在国内外具有较大的影响，府城隍庙也成为兰州市中心一日游的最佳观光景点之一，游兰州必游隍庙，文化购物，收藏必去城隍庙。